Groot’s good start!

[Buffalo Boy]

Can’t believe no one started this thread.

Three sacks

A forced Fumble

Six solo tackles

 

    The one thing we knew this team needed was the D line to step up, especially early in the season and at the ends. Coupled with Miller actually getting a sack and a couple tackles and MAYBE there is a ray of sunshine poking through at D end.

    Rousseau looked very good yesterday. I didn’t see him whiff on anything but did miss chunks of the game due to technical difficulties, especially in the first half.

    I he keeps any semblance of this kind of production up, he will be living up to his potential at a critical time for this team.

    Oliver was a no show. I didn’t notice during the game and was surprised to see he didn’t record anything stat-wise. Not sure what was up with that?

[Conlan58]

He's on pace for 51 sacks. Anything less will be a disappointment now that we know he is capable.

 

Great start!

[QBorBust2018]

Hopefully he followed TJ Watts off-season training regimen and juiced up. 

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

31 minutes ago, Buffalo Boy said:

 

    Oliver was a no show. I didn’t notice during the game and was surprised to see he didn’t record anything stat-wise. Not sure what was up with that?

It's Ed, it's what he does 

[fasteddie]

26 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

It's Ed, it's what he does 

On one play he was hog-tied by the center(or guard) as he was rushing the QB. It was the only play I saw him anywhere near Murray. 

[Ya Digg?]

1 hour ago, Conlan58 said:

He's on pace for 51 sacks. Anything less will be a disappointment now that we know he is capable.

 

Great start!

To go along with Miller’s 17, they’ll be quite the tandem!

[H2o]

We have a tough schedule this year. We play A LOT of good teams, which means good opposing OL's. Can't wait to see how he does against Baltimore, Houston, San Francisco, and Detroit. As long as he's healthy, I think he’s gonna be a game wrecker. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

He seems to get off to a good start almost every season. First few games he's terrific. Then he ends up with a foot/ankle injury that he plays through and slows him down. He needs a healthy season. If that happens he's a 15-20 sack guy IMO. 

[Big Turk]

And a few great plays in the run game, including a tackle for loss where he took on two blockers to make the play

 

[nedboy7]

let’s see how many Bills we thrash in the Rousseau acknowledgment thread. 

[Dillenger4]

Daquan looked gooood too. Groot was awesome, but so was Daquan. Even Von had some bull rushes! Let's gooo. Squish the fish!!!!!!

[Buffalo Boy]

1 hour ago, nedboy7 said:

let’s see how many Bills we thrash in the Rousseau acknowledgment thread. 

  I’ll go first, the secondary looked like they got bailed out a few times by the pass rush.

   There were a couple plays where Rousseau was chasing Murray and keeping him from seeing open guys, one might have been a run out of bounds sack in the first half(?).

    W/o seeing the all 22 it’s hard to tell but I have some serious concerns about Miami’s receivers running roughshod over us Thursday.

[Lost]

3 hours ago, Conlan58 said:

He's on pace for 51 sacks. Anything less will be a disappointment now that we know he is capable.

 

Great start!

 

Wonder what kind of pay day 51 sacks will get him

[Conlan58]

16 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

Wonder what kind of pay day 51 sacks will get him

You'd have to imagine the richest defensive contract in NFL history... hit him with the Mahomes play. 10 years, 400 million? 

[LABILLBACKER]

Very optimistic about Groot & Von's season. Not so much about Epenesa.

[SoonerBillsFan]

4 hours ago, Buffalo Boy said:

Can’t believe no one started this thread.

Three sacks

A forced Fumble

Six solo tackles

 

    The one thing we knew this team needed was the D line to step up, especially early in the season and at the ends. Coupled with Miller actually getting a sack and a couple tackles and MAYBE there is a ray of sunshine poking through at D end.

    Rousseau looked very good yesterday. I didn’t see him whiff on anything but did miss chunks of the game due to technical difficulties, especially in the first half.

    I he keeps any semblance of this kind of production up, he will be living up to his potential at a critical time for this team.

    Oliver was a no show. I didn’t notice during the game and was surprised to see he didn’t record anything stat-wise. Not sure what was up with that?

Oliver didn't have a 500k bonus for sacks built into his contract this year. I said last year its the only reason he played as well as he has.  We will see.

[strive_for_five_guy]

2 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Very optimistic about Groot & Von's season. Not so much about Epenesa.

Yep, on pace for 0 sacks, right?

[JP51]

It was great to see Groot as a dominant threat... gonna need that from him all year

[Logic]

Five sacks all of last season.

Three sacks this year, going into game two.

He was a game wrecker. I think he has the potential to become one of the top five edge rushers in the game this year. I know that's saying a lot, and I know people get sick of the "he's so young" argument because of Tremaine Edmunds, but....Groot is 24. His body looks night and day different than it did when he was a rookie. He has grown into his frame, learned the game, and....look out. He could be a VERY good one.

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, Lost said:

 

Wonder what kind of pay day 51 sacks will get him

Whatever he wants!

 

If the D line can step up and lead the charge for our D this year, it will cover up our DB concerns